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CONSTITUENCY TREES

THETA THEORY

COMPLEMENTIZER PHRASE (CP)

TENSE PHRASE (TP)

VERB PHRASE

DETERMINER PHRASE (DP)

C'

WH MOVEMENT

COMPLEMENTIZER

TP

THAT [-Q, +FINITE]

Ø [-Q,+FINITE]

FOR [-Q,-FINITE]

Ø [-Q,-FINITE]

IF/WHETHER [+Q, +FINITE]

DP MOVEMENT

T'

T HEAD

VP

TO

MODALS

ØPAST

ØPRES

DO

DO NEG

DO EMPH

DP (SUBJECT)

V'

V HEAD

DP/PP/CP

AUXILIARIES

MAIN VERB

HAVE PERF

BE PROG

BE PASS

DP

D'

DP HEADS

NP

A/AN

THE

Ø [+PROPER]

Ø[+PRONOUN]

Ø[+PLURAL]

MANY

MUCH

THEMATIC RELATIONS

THETA GRID

THETA CRITERION

AGENT

EXPERIENCER

THEMES

GOAL

SOURCE

LOCATION

INSTRUMENT

BENEFICIARY

RECIPIENT

EXTERNAL ARGUMENT

INTERNAL ARGUMENT

SUBJECT

DIRECT OBJECT

INDIRECT OBJECT

EACH THETA ROLE HAS ONLY ONE ARGUMENT

EACH ARGUMENT HAS ONLY ONE THETA ROLE